Apple
iPhone SE (3rd gen)
A 2017 body wrapped around 2022 silicon. The A15 makes it the fastest phone under $450 by a mile, and Touch ID still has fans, but the 4.7-inch LCD, huge bezels and 2018mAh battery are hard to live with in 2026.
Pros
- A15 Bionic outruns every Android phone at this price
- Touch ID home button and a genuinely pocketable 144g body
- Six years of iOS updates from launch
- IP67 rating and 5G support
Cons
- Tiny 2018mAh battery needs a midday top-up
- 4.7-inch 60Hz LCD with enormous bezels
- Single 12MP camera, no ultra-wide
- Lightning port and 20W charging
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the iPhone SE (3rd gen)
Display
- Screen size
- 4.7 ″
- Panel type
- Retina IPS LCD
- Resolution
- 750x1334
- Pixel density
- 326 ppi
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 625 nits
- Screen-to-body
- 65.4 %
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A15 Bionic
- AnTuTu 10
- 890,000
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,100
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 5,200
- RAM (max)
- 4 GB
- Storage options
- 64/128/256GB
- Storage type
- NVMe
Camera
- Main camera
- 12 MP
- Main aperture
- f/1.8
- Optical zoom
- 1 x
- Max video
- 4K@60fps
- Front camera
- 7 MP
- OIS
- Yes
Battery
- Capacity
- 2,018 mAh
- Wired charging
- 20 W
- Wireless charging
- 8 W
- Active use endurance
- 7 h
Design
- Weight
- 144 g
- Thickness
- 7.3 mm
- IP rating
- IP67
- Frame material
- Aluminum
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- Lightning
- eSIM
- Yes
Software
- OS at launch
- iOS 15
- OS update pledge
- 6 years
Audio
- Stereo speakers
- Yes
- 3.5mm jack
- No
Quick answers
Is the iPhone SE (3rd gen) good in 2026?
The iPhone SE (3rd gen) earns an Inno Score of 38.3/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. A 2017 body wrapped around 2022 silicon. The A15 makes it the fastest phone under $450 by a mile, and Touch ID still has fans, but the 4.7-inch LCD, huge bezels and 2018mAh battery are hard to live with in 2026.
What are the key specs of the iPhone SE (3rd gen)?
Chipset: Apple A15 Bionic · Screen size: 4.7 ″ · Capacity: 2,018 mAh · Main camera: 12 MP
What are the closest alternatives to the iPhone SE (3rd gen)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Samsung Galaxy A16 5G, iPhone 13, Samsung Galaxy A35 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
